The real victim in health data breaches? Patients' medical identities

Data breaches are happening everywhere these days, not just in healthcare. But the healthcare industry has its own set of problems when it comes to the aftermath of a security incident: unknown impact and the rise in medical fraud.

“It’s a rampant problem, and it’s not talked about enough,” said Chris Bowen, ClearDATA founder and chief privacy and security officer. “There are victims out there, and it can take years to clean up after the mess. They have to take a lot of time to correct that record. But where do you go to correct it?

The article advocates for organizations to perform data inventory, and provides a checklist for patients to protect against medical fraud.  

The full Healthcare IT News article can be viewed at this link.